“Community Media Sustainability: Strengthening Policies and Funding” is the title of an international seminar that will take place on September 14-15, 2015 at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. It will bring together broadcasting regulators, community and public media professionals, civil society and academic experts from more than 20 countries to innovate sustainability in the community media sector.Due to the struggle for intimacy, financing, and professional capacity, many community radio stations give in to influential bodies for survival or give up and move to something else. The seminar aims to improve the awareness and knowledge solutions to community problems ranging from rural development, culture, education, agriculture, hygiene and sanitation to local governance.
Case studies, concept papers and recommendations drawn from the seminar may be shared with parliamentarians, ministries, practitioners and the international community to facilitate partnerships, inform decision-makers and strengthen enabling environments for community radio worldwide.
Learn more about the seminar by visiting the UNESCO website.